That night Cal’s father gets the call that he has been chosen. It also means Cal would have to give up his FlashFame account as the media company StarWatch has a strict gag rule on outside coverage. If selected, he could be on the team to go to Mars, but it would mean they would have to move to Clear Lake in Houston, Texas. When he gets home he hears his parents fighting about the Orpheus project, as Cal’s Dad has applied to be an astronaut. He meets his friend Deb at a cassette shop, and they head home to Brooklyn. The novel opens with Cal filming an update on FlashFame in New York City, telling his half a million followers about NASA’s Orpheus project. Throughout the novel, Stamper intersperses Shooting Stars episodes between various chapters that are a few pages in length, in a different font and format, that report on roughly what is happening in the rest of the plot. This young adult novel has 32 chapters and an epilogue but for the purposes of this guide will be broken into seven sections. The following version of this book was used to to create this Study Guide: Stamper, Phil.
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Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde, chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads, is an empowering novel for anyone who has ever felt that fandom is family. But when she hears about a fan contest for her favorite fandom, she starts to rethink her rules on playing it safe. And there’s one thing in her life she knows will never change: her friendship with her best guy friend Jamie-no matter how much she may secretly want it to. Her brain is wired differently, making her fear change. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie’s long-time crush on her isn’t as one-sided as she thought. She’s a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she’s over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. " - Seventeen Charlie likes to stand out. "This is the geeky, queer book of our dreams. Seeing girls and women uplifting, protecting, and loving each other is extremely powerful especially in the context of fandom. " Full of irreverent humor and in-jokes, it’s geeky and funny, with a heavy dose of self-discovery. Publisher's synopsis: Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is all about fandom, friendship, and finding the courage to be yourself. Genres: Bullying, Disabilities, Friendship, LGBTQ, Teen Years Published by Feiwel & Friends on March 14th 2017 When revisiting Magnus Bain (who also knew Catriona) he sees an ageing photograph on the mantelpiece of a young girl holding a doll. When Fiscal Procurator Rhona Kelly draws Perez's attention to the unsolved case of Catriona Bruce, a seven-year-old girl who disappeared from the same village 19 years ago, Perez realises that the two "victims" even shared an address. He follows up with Hugo Scott, Catherine's evidently obsessed teacher, and Alan Isbister, a local playboy philanderer, who admits to seeing Catherine at his open house party on Midsummer Night. Perez questions Sally Henry, Catherine's timid best friend whose mother - local schoolteacher Margaret Henry - makes no secret of her dislike for Catherine. Perez and his team - Detective Sergeant Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh and Trainee Detective Constable Sandy Wilson - begin piecing together the hours leading up to Catherine's death.įrustratingly, these events prove difficult to pin down as Catherine lived mostly alone while her father worked on the oil-rigs. He is intrigued to discover that Magnus had recently forged an unlikely friendship with the victim. DI Jimmy Perez rapidly preserves the forensic evidence before questioning local recluse Magnus Bain, whose cottage overlooks the crime scene. 17-year-old Catherine Ross is found murdered on a secluded beach. In short, Champ needs an extraction plan ASAP before he finds himself well and truly… hitched. Flying bullets Daring jungle rescues Building Champion Security from. And, most troubling of all, protecting his traitorous heart from all the romance in the air. Former Marine Percy Champ Champion has never encountered a problem he cant handle.Stopping the pun-happy matchmakers of the Thicket from destroying the sane, well-ordered life he’s built for himself.Fighting the pull that lands him in Quinn’s bed night after night, despite his very best intentions.Preventing Quinn Taffet, Licking Thicket’s gorgeous, charming new wedding planner-and Champ’s fake fiancé-from getting into danger… or from getting the wrong idea about their relationship.Keeping his jerk of an ex from threatening his business.
Bed Trick : Invoked for one of the couple's sessions, in the short story Wait For It. Preferably anything that moves and is slightly reluctant.
Shipments are made through USPS, FedEx or UPS and standard shipping rates apply. Shipping & Handling: All orders placed will ship via Best Way as determined by A to Z. At this crucial crossroads in Takezō's life, an eccentric monk and a childhood friend are the only ones who can help him find his way. Takezō's vicious nature has made him an outcast even in his own village, and he is hunted down like an animal. In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezō finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of the war. But the path to enlightenment is an endless journey, and to get there through violent means-by way of the sword-makes mere survival an even greater challenge.Īt seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi-still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezō-was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword. The quintessential warrior-philosopher, Musashi authored A Book of Five Rings, a classic treatise in the canon of world philosophy and military strategy. Real-life figure Miyamoto Musashi was the most celebrated samurai of all time. Three volumes in one! A prestige treatment of Inoue’s epic samurai series with bonus content, color pages, storyboard samples and more! Determined to exorcize this ancient plague, Mike, Duane, Dale, Harlen, and Kevin must wage a war of blood-against an arcane abomination who owns the night. Strange and horrifying events begin to overtake everyday life, spreading terror through the once idyllic town. From the depths of the Old Central School, a hulking fortress tinged with the mahogany scent of coffins, an invisible evil is rising. When a long-silent bell peals in the middle of the night, the townsfolk know it marks the end of their carefree days. But amid the sundrenched cornfields their loyalty will be pitilessly tested. From sunset bike rides to shaded hiding places in the woods, the boys days are marked by all of the secrets and silences of an idyllic middle-childhood. Book Synopsis This masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veins Its the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five twelve-year-old boys are forging the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. Features a brand-new Introduction by Simmons. But amid the sun-drenched cornfields their loyalty will be tested when horrifying events begin spreading terror. About the Book Its the summer of 1960 and in the town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five 12-year-old boys are forging the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. Of course, Jonas is lured back into the water, back into the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, and yet again is confronted by a Megalodon, actually two. In spite of the more “soap opera” aspects of the book, which fortunately are held to a minimum, the story is full of “pulse-pounding action,” and, as far as I can tell not being a shark, ship, or submarine expert, seems to be full of pretty accurate and well-researched material. His ambitious, career-minded wife has written him off as a failure and is having an affair with his millionaire best friend. Our hero is paleontologist Jonas Taylor, a former deep-sea diver and marine biologist who, after a brief encounter with a Meg fifteen years before, and having caused an accident that caused the death of two Naval personnel, has never been able to get into the water again. One of those “I can’t put it down” novels. Not to sound cliché, but it is a real page turner. I doubt I’ll go see the movie, but curious, I found the first novel (in a series of five) at my local public library. Yes, it’s about a shark, but an extinct species called Megalodon, something about the size of a school bus, but a lot meaner. It’s based on a 1997 novel written by Steve Alten called Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror. Cover art for the 1997 novel, “Meg: A Story of Deep Terror” by Steve AltenĪ few days ago, I came across something about a movie due in theaters in a few weeks called The Meg starring Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, and Rainn Wilson. Secondly, unlike many other subjects I’ve written and/or illustrated about-Willie Mays, Effa Manley, George Moses Horton, John Roy Lynch-Lonnie Johnson is still living. For one, although I’ve illustrated digitally for more than 20 years for editorial and educational publishing, Whoosh! was my first fully digitally illustrated trade picture book. I’ve illustrated many picture books and picture book biographies, but this book was different than others. As of today, it has garnered two starred reviews, in addition to becoming a Junior Library Guild Selection. Today marks the publication of our second collaboration: Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions(Charlesbridge). Our first collaboration, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch (Eerdmans, 2015), published last April, 2015. That meeting began a friendship that would last well into the future and result in the collaboration of two picture books. Sometime in the early 2000s, I received an email from writer Chris Barton inviting me to lunch. Armed with only her body, courage, and wits, she quickly masters the art of seduction, all the while resisting the mind-consuming call to stay locked in an endless cycle of carnal passion.ĭestiny soon intervenes, and what began as a quest for vengeance becomes a mission to heal the land of Saba from a twisted, corrupt regime and to see it become the wealthiest kingdom in all the land. When tragedy strikes, she leaves her home to seek revenge against the tyrannical god-king whose reign is a plague upon his land and people. But it could also lead to her total undoing.īilqis comes to understand that her supernatural talents have the power to make men, and women, and nations prostrate themselves in utter devotion to her. As she undergoes her rites of womanhood and her insatiable sexual hunger is awakened, it becomes clear-this is the key to her “great destiny” prophesized at her birth. Bilqis does not inherit her mother’s magical abilities, but the fire of her jinni blood does imbue her with other powerful gifts. With a host of unforgettable characters and unbridled sensual escapades, Confessions of a Sheba Queen is a triumphantly erotic retelling of an indomitable woman prevailing in a man’s world.ĭuring a raging sandstorm along a riverbed in the ancient lands of Saba, a powerful jinni born of smokeless fire gives birth to a half-human daughter. |